Garment-hanger.



UNITED STATES Patented August 25, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

GARMENT-HANG ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,252, dated August25, 1903.

' Application filed June 29, 1903. Serial No. 163,558. (No model.) v

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that LFEEDERICK W. LEIMBER- GER, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and aresident of Cincinnati, county of I-Iamilton,State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment- Hangers, of which the following is a specifica tion.

The object of my invention is a garmenthanger for coats and trousers orfor jackets and skirts which may be produced at small expense, whichholds the garments in shape, and upon which the garments may be placedreadily and likewise from which they may be easily removed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification, Figure1 is a front.

a, has at its center an upwardly-projecting- U curve a, upon which ahook B is pivoted, and midway between the ends and the center twodownwardly-projecting U curves a a upon which are pivoted two" verticalrods C C, the lower ends of which are formed integral with or secured toa secondary bar D.

A sliding bar E has eyelets e e formed at its ends to engage verticalrods C C, so that the bar E may slide readily up and down upon thevertical rods. I

To insert a garment in the skirt or trousers hanger, it is thrown overbar E in its raised position and the shorter end of the garment is drawninward between the bar E and the secondary bar D. The sliding bar isthen allowed to drop, as shown in Fig. 3. In this poondary'bar, and thusbinds the garment se curely in place. When it is desired to disengagethe garment, all that is necessary is to pull upward upon it,wl1e1 1 itwill slidereadily out of engagement with thehanger.

It is seen from an inspection of this garment-hanger that it may beproduced from wire, that the operations in its formation are simple andinexpensive, that the mode of inserting'a garment in place takes fewsteps, and that thegarments are readily removed from the hanger.

WVhat I claim is- 1. In a garment-hanger the combination of a main bar,a secondary bar below the-main bar, vertical rods coupling the main barand the secondary bar, and a sliding rod upon the vertical rods,substantially as shown and de-' scribed.

2. In a-garment-hanger the combination of a main bar, vertical rodspivoted upon the main bar at their upper 'endsand at their lower endsconnected to a secondary bar, the secondary bar, and a rod slidinguponthe vertical rods, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a garment-hanger the combination of a main bar, a secondary bar,vertical rods coupling the main and the secondary bars, and a rod havingeyelets at its ends to engage the vertical rods, substantially as shownand described. 1

4. The garment-hanger consisting of a main bar curved inward at itsends, a secondary bar below the mainbar, vertical rods coupling the twobars and a sliding rod engaging the vertical rods and sliding upon thesame, substantially as shown and described.

. FREDERICK WV. LEIMBERGER.

'VVitnesses W. F. MUE AY, A. MoCoRMAcK.

